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= DTP Sites=

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== DTP on Linux ==

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*http://yeccoe.free.fr/ &mdash; French site on DTP on Linux (including Scribus)

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*http://www.niyam.com/content.html &mdash; Indian site on DTP and more (in English)

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*http://www.linuxgraphics.ru &mdash; Russian site on using opensource graphics applications on Linux (including Scribus)

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* [http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/03/08/1712218.shtml?tid=152&tid=131&tid=130 Looking good: Basic color management for X] &mdash; a NewsForge.net article on the state of color management at the X windows level

*[http://desktoppub.about.com/ About.com] - About.com's DTP site. Truckloads of informations on almost all aspects of DTP; also useful to learn about interesting features from other apps that deserve a smarter implementation in FOSS.

:'''Important note from Mrdocs (maintainer of the Scribus official documentation) '''

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:: Any bug reports with free fonts or issues with Scribus using free fonts will be looked at '''very ''' skeptically. There are extensive warnings and notes why this can be an issue in [http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?lang=en&sm=setup&page=fonts2 the main docs] about using free fonts because of quality/correctness issues. --[[User:Mrdocs|Mrdocs]] 22:05, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

** [http://linuxlibertine.sourceforge.net/ LinuxLibertine] a new font under the GPL, created to replace Times/Times New Roman (TrueType). According to the developers, regulars and italics already meet professional standards, other font faces (bold, small caps, text figures, sans serif) will follow.

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** Please see this [http://trends.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/02/22/1821200 survey of free font licenses] for more detail on OSS font licensing.

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** [https://www.redhat.com/promo/fonts/ Liberation font] - recently released by Red Hat to replace Microsoft Corefont set (see below), still [http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/05/16/1318240 under development and refine]

*** Like it or not, MS corefonts, like Times New Roman, can't be ignored, simply because of they are widely used.

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** IPA and IPA Mona Japanese font

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*** Recently bundled with [http://archive.ubuntulinux.jp/ubuntu-ja/breezy/ Ubuntu-ja] Hoary and Breezy distribution (the packages are ''ipafont_1ubuntu1ja2'' and ''ipamonafont_1.0.3-0ubuntu1ja1'')

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*** There is certain dispute whether the IPA fonts are DFSG compatible, check out [http://ukai.org/b/log/debian/legal this blog] and the [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BetterCJKSupportSpecification Ubuntu Wiki] for more info and discussions